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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870489
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for cyrus-imapd RHSA-2011:1317-01
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cyrus-imapd'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cyrus-imapd'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The cyrus-imapd packages contain a high-performance mail server with IMAP,
POP3, NNTP, and Sieve support.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the cyrus-imapd NNTP server, nntpd. A
remote user able to use the nntpd service could use this flaw to crash the
nntpd child process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the cyrus user. (CVE-2011-3208)

Red Hat would like to thank Greg Banks for reporting this issue.

Users of cyrus-imapd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing
the update, cyrus-imapd will be restarted automatically.

Affected Software/OS:
cyrus-imapd on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3208
BugTraq ID: 49534
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49534
Debian Security Information: DSA-2318 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2318
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:149
http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=199
http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=200
http://www.osvdb.org/75307
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1317.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1026031
http://secunia.com/advisories/45938
http://secunia.com/advisories/45975
http://secunia.com/advisories/46064
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1034 (Google Search)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/11723935
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1036 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00019.html
XForce ISS Database: cyrus-splitwildmats-bo(69679)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69679
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